A Triad man was arrested on suspicion of getting $1,000 from another man while posing as a deputy and claiming he could get the victim out of a pending criminal charge.Marcus Cardwell of Eden was arrested following the Saturday night incident. He faces charges of 2nd-degree kidnapping, felony obtaining property by false pretense and impersonating a law enforcement officer.Rockingham County deputies allege Cardwell and Crystal Dawn Callahan met the victim, Jonathan Wood, at a Reidsville convenience store around 11 p.m. Cardwell told Wood he was a deputy sheriff and, for $1,000, he would get Wood out of a pending criminal charge for food stamp fraud, deputies allege.Cardwell then forced Wood to drive to an undisclosed location, where Wood retrieved $1,000 and gave it to Cardwell, deputies said.Cardwell also dropped the name of a Rockingham County jail supervisor, deputies allege. Cardwell apparently knew the supervisor's name from previous jail stays, deputies said.Callahan, 34, of Eden, also was arrested and charged with aiding and abetting 2nd-degree kidnapping.Cardwell was held in the Rockingham County Jail under a $25,000 secured bond, while Callahan was held under a $10,000 secured bond. Both are scheduled to appear in court Dec. 4.

WENTWORTH, N.C. —

A Triad man was arrested on suspicion of getting $1,000 from another man while posing as a deputy and claiming he could get the victim out of a pending criminal charge.

Marcus Cardwell of Eden was arrested following the Saturday night incident. He faces charges of 2nd-degree kidnapping, felony obtaining property by false pretense and impersonating a law enforcement officer.

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Rockingham County deputies allege Cardwell and Crystal Dawn Callahan met the victim, Jonathan Wood, at a Reidsville convenience store around 11 p.m. Cardwell told Wood he was a deputy sheriff and, for $1,000, he would get Wood out of a pending criminal charge for food stamp fraud, deputies allege.

Cardwell then forced Wood to drive to an undisclosed location, where Wood retrieved $1,000 and gave it to Cardwell, deputies said.

Cardwell also dropped the name of a Rockingham County jail supervisor, deputies allege. Cardwell apparently knew the supervisor's name from previous jail stays, deputies said.

Callahan, 34, of Eden, also was arrested and charged with aiding and abetting 2nd-degree kidnapping.

Cardwell was held in the Rockingham County Jail under a $25,000 secured bond, while Callahan was held under a $10,000 secured bond. Both are scheduled to appear in court Dec. 4.